Improved washing-machine



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JOHN SIRRINE, OF TRUMAN-SB-URG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent .No..103,671, dated May 31, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

' is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing which makes part of this specification, and inwhich-- Fignre 1 represents a plan or'l top view of my improvedwashing-machine, and

Figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section of the same,

vat the line x x of tig. 1.

The object of' my invention isto provide a washingmachin'e of cheap andsimple construction, which can be readily and effectively operatedwithout damaging the clothes in the process of' washing, to which endsmy improvement-s consist in a wash-board connected by four posts to asliding gate or frame, by which itis reciprocated over a series ofbed-rollers, placed in the bottom of a suitablyconst1'ucted tub.

The gate moves in slots formed in the side of the tub, and bears at oneend against suitable guide-rollers, which serve as fulcra for theapplication ot' pressnre to the clothes which are placed upon thebed-rollers, and spiral springs surrounding the posts of the wash-board,which move in holes in the gate, cause the wash-hoard to rise and fallaccording to the thickness of the clothes beneath it, thus enablingproper pressure to be applied to the same during the operation of themachine without danger of injuring them.

ln'the accompanying drawing, which shows a convenient arrangement ofparts for carrying o ut the objects of my invention- A represents anoblong or oval tub for the reception `of the clothes to be washed, whichis supported upon feet a'. A series of bed-rollers, D, is placed withinand near the bottom of the tub A, journals heilig formed upon their endswhich rotatein bearings on its sides.

C represents a corrugated wash-board, curved upon its lower side, whichis'moved longitudinally over the rollers D by means of a sliding gate orframe, B, which moves in slots, a, in the sides of ,the tub, near oneof' its ends, power being applied for that purpose to a cross-bar, b, atthe opposite end of the gate.

,Four posts or nprights, c, are secured to the washboard C, which passthrough holes in the side pieces of the gate B, and are connected ateach side by stationary caps O above 'the gate, the posts c being freeto move vertically in the holes through which they pass.

Each post is surrounded by a spiral spring, c', which bears at its lowerend against a shoulder or collar on the post, and at its upper'endagainst the-lower side of the gate. By this arrangement thewash-board iscaused to rise and fall in proportion tothe thickness of the clotheswhich are placed on the bell-rollers, whether the same is uniform ordifferent at its diil'erent corners, so that the pressure necessary forwash- 'ing the clothes can always be applied and maintained withoutdanger ot' injuring the saine.

The gate B moves between the upper and lower guide-rollers E E, whichrotate in bearings near that end of the tub in which the slots a areformed.

These rollers are placed at a sulicient distance apart to enable theangle of the gate with the tub t-o be varied in proportion to thethickness of the clothes upon the bed-rollers, and serve as fulcra forthe gate B, when the lat-ter is moved, thus enabling the power to beeffectively applied to the clothes, whether a greater or lesser quantityor thickness of thesame is to he washed.

From the construct-ion of my machine it will be seen that it is freefrom complication and of easy operation, and, by the application ot' thesprings to the wash-board', in the manner described, the 'latter willalways act effectively and safely upon the clothes beneath it.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The posts c, provided with the spiral springs d, cap G' and wash-hoardC, in combination with the rollers D, gate B and guide-rollers E E', theywhole construced land operating as shown and for the purpose set orti.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my iuvention, I have hereuntoset my hand and seal this 11th day of March, 1869.`

l JOHN SIRRINE. [n s l VVitnesSes GEO. F. SPINK, D. F. OHANDLR

